| Show I LOS ANGELES PLANS CLUB AND BUILDING Proposed Clubhouse Will WillBe WillBe Be Ue One of the Finest in inthe inthe the World LOS ANGELES Jan 8 Having 8 Having Hain completed arrangements which seem to assure f the financing of its project tho the IjO Los A Angeles n A Athletic club will viII soon I start the erection cr of its magnificent clubhouse at Seventh Sew and Hope streets I Th The site which cost was purchased purchased pur pur- chased a n year ago and since sinN that time tho the club has been negotiating for the tho capital to build the structure Whilo While tho the executive e committee of the tho dub club hits has hail had charge of oC tho the tinus Architect Harrison Albright has also been working on ou tho the deal and yesterday yes yes- CS announced that it would be con eon summated The club members have subscribed 32 for the tho building nn and Mr lr Albright ht says a 8 ho he has located a 1 capitalist c. who w will buy bur worth Orth of the bonds The only possible defeat I for the raising of the money t will bethe bo he botho th the tho failure of the thc club to agree to certain ter- ter tam bin tain pr provisions marIe mado by hy tho the capitalist I an and it is IS thought that such a 1 turn is not Dot likely The Thc capitalist is not a local I man but is said mirI to be worth several millions and well able to commence the project He lie is going Joing into it because hebel ho he I bel believes the clubhouse will pay pw bi big dividends dividends divi divi- and there is if is no chance of h his s Josin losing los los- in jag ing by the investment Elegant Location The proposed clubhouse will be he one ono of tho the finest in the world It will bo ho located on a 3 lot with a frontage ronta e of feet on Se Seventh street running from front fromI Olive street treet to a twenty-foot twenty paved ved al aI- aI I Icy ley The Tho total cost of tho building and site silo will be 11 The building will contain seven stories the first to be arranged for business busi busi- ness purposes and the remainder to bo ho housed used exe exclusively ely usi b by the tho club It will be he constructed of reinforced concrete and I will iII be modern in oven every respect The second floor will win bo be the chief quarters of the club members It will willbe willbe be divided into a lobb lobby feet lounging room reading and writing writing writ writ- ing ine room of tho the same dimensions four our amusement rooms each 0 feet and aDd anda aDda a floor giving room for fol the track about the gymnasium The grillroom wi will be he feet opening on to a lobby on the third floor A buffet lO IO feet a n library and a billiard room feet to together ether with six handball courts have also been planned for thi this floor Main Dining Boom om One Oue of the prettiest floors will be the fourth story which h will be 1 used ed as ac the main dining r room loom This room will be feet beautifully decorated and andin andin andin in in connection will m have a ladies ladies' dining dinin room Four private dining rooms have also b been en planned On the tho fifth s sixth and seo seventh floors will bo he the bedrooms in number Dumber and three sixty baths the bedrooms willbe will willbe willbe be spacious and aDd well veIl furnished I A magnificent ballroom which is is to tobe tobe be bc feet will occupy tho the top floor I A Jar large e entrance lobb lobby will Trill bo ho located in the basement where there will be he 2500 2300 modern steel lockers In tho the basement base basement ment meat there will bo he a natatorium with a feet a bowling alley y n rifle e range barber shop and Turkish bath will also be in the basement Building Substantial According to the tho plans of the architect archi teat teet the building will be most substantial hal resting reeling on a reinforced concrete foundation which will spread over oyer the entire lot and arid extend nearly to the curb lines of the street All the tha girders ir columns walls floors etc will be bc of reinforced concrete concrete- Tho The exterior will willbe willbe willbe be built of ornamental concrete Tho The interior will bo he in maho mahogany any and birch the walls and ceilings ceilings ceil ceil- ings to be richly decorated First cb class s elevator s service r is to bo be given Ii three elevators elo being bein planned It is the belief of the club members that they will Trill bno have e no trouble in meeting meet meet- ing lug tho the expenses of the club The They They- expect ex- ex x peet to increase their membership to 1000 and with T so man many giving their support support sup sup- port the tho financial f feature is not to bo be considered seriously |
